Programme structure: Advanced Social Work with Children and Families (PG Cert) - what's running in 2017/18

This integrated programme of academic and professional learning is targeted primarily at students who are professionally qualified and experienced social workers, currently practising in a children and families setting.

All units are must pass with the exception of SPOLM0014 and SPOLM0015

Please see the Glossary of Terms at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/esu/assessment/annex/glossary.html for the definition of a must pass unit

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Mandatory Units - select at least two units from the following list:
Child Development, Health and Wellbeing	SPOLM0025	20	Optional	AYEAR
Contemporary Law and Policy for Child Welfare Services	SPOLM0020	20	Optional	AYEAR
Assessment, Risk and Decision-making	SPOLM0024	20	Optional	AYEAR
Social Work with Children and Families with Complex Needs	SPOLM0021	20	Optional	AYEAR
20cp can be taken from the from the following list of optional units:
Researching Child and Family Welfare	SPOLM0011	20	Optional	TB-2
Supervision and Assessment of Professional Practice	SPOLM0022	20	Optional	AYEAR
Leadership and Management in Social Work	SPOLM0029	20	Optional	AYEAR
Inter-Professional Working and Integrated Services	SPOLM0028	20	Optional	TB-2
Advanced Practice with Looked After Children: Adoption, Fostering and Kinship Care	SPOLM0023	20	Optional	AYEAR
Advanced Practice in Communication and Direct Work with Children	SPOLM0026	20	Optional	TB-2
Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences (SPS)	SPOLM0013	20	Optional	TB-1
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS)	SPOLM0014	20	Optional	TB-1
Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS)	SPOLM0015	20	Optional	TB-1
Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Social Work with Children and Families		60